...US Jewish lesbian author; born in Poland. Dreams of an Insomniac, part 1 (1990). SELF-FULFILLMENT I Thus far woman has struggled through life with bandaged...held out a trembling hand and received gratefully the proffered aid. She has foregone her right to study, to know the laws and purposes of government...

...of rights and opportunities by law and custom and that they were made ignorant of their own power. "Woman has struggled through life with bandaged eyes, accepting the dogma of her weakness"; she has "eaten the bitter fruits of slavery." But she now seeks "to give to her whole being the opportunity...

...introductions. xiv Introduction BERENICE A. CARROLL In the mid-nineteenth century, Sarah Grirnke wrote: Thus far woman has struggled through life with bandaged...held out a trembling hand and received gratefully the proffered aid. She has foregone her right to study, to know the laws and purposes of government...

...BERENICE A. CARROLL In the mid-nineteenth century, Sarah Grimke wmte: Thus far woman has struggled thmugh life with bandaged eyes, accepting the dogma of her...held out a trembling hand and received gratefully the pmffered aid. She has foregone her right to study, to know the laws and purposes of govemment to...